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South Sudan - Female Labor Participation 2009

Name: South Sudan Female Labor Participation 2009
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

71.72% +0.12pp from 2008 Global rank: 16th

South Sudan's female labor participation was 71.72% in 2009, increased +0.12pp from 71.59% in 2008. This was the 16th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	84.75%	-1.0%
2nd	Madagascar	83.98%	-0.1%
3rd	Mozambique	83.48%	-0.9%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.72%	0.1%
5th	Burundi	78.77%	0.7%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.64%	0.1%
7th	Cambodia	77.38%	7.5%
8th	Nigeria	76.45%	-0.2%
9th	Angola	75.63%	0.0%
10th	Burkina Faso	75.07%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	73.85%	-0.1%
12th	Cameroon	73.19%	-3.4%
13th	Malawi	72.15%	-2.2%
14th	Viet Nam	71.91%	0.5%
15th	Liberia	71.77%	0.0%
16th	South Sudan	71.72%	0.2%
17th	Kenya	71.00%	0.1%
18th	Uganda	70.77%	-0.1%
19th	Peru	70.56%	0.4%
20th	Iceland	70.22%	-0.6%
21st	Bahamas, The	69.43%	0.1%
22nd	Benin	68.62%	0.7%
23rd	Niger	68.58%	0.0%
24th	Ghana	67.68%	-0.2%
25th	Congo, Republic of	67.06%	0.1%
26th	Kazakhstan	66.47%	-0.4%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	66.38%	-1.9%
28th	Central African Republic	65.87%	0.1%
29th	Bhutan	65.62%	0.6%
30th	Macao SAR, China	64.74%	1.3%
31st	Thailand	64.66%	-0.3%
32nd	Barbados	64.55%	-0.2%
33rd	Norway	64.32%	-0.4%
34th	China	64.11%	-0.7%
35th	Timor-Leste	62.39%	-0.9%
36th	Vanuatu	62.27%	-6.2%
37th	Canada	61.89%	0.0%
38th	Switzerland	61.65%	0.5%
39th	New Zealand	61.52%	0.1%
40th	Sierra Leone	61.22%	-1.5%
41st	Georgia	60.94%	0.4%
42nd	Zimbabwe	60.69%	-0.1%
43rd	Virgin Islands (US)	60.48%	-0.5%
44th	Mali	60.40%	-0.1%
45th	Lesotho	60.28%	-1.2%
46th	Haiti	60.16%	0.7%
47th	Netherlands	60.14%	-0.2%
48th	St. Lucia	60.03%	1.4%
49th	Moldova	59.93%	1.2%
50th	Denmark	59.77%	-0.5%
51st	Côte d'Ivoire	59.41%	1.7%
52nd	Sweden	59.38%	-0.8%
53rd	New Caledonia	58.93%	-0.2%
54th	Australia	58.79%	0.3%
55th	Azerbaijan	58.09%	2.9%
56th	United States	58.05%	-0.4%
57th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.80%	-0.2%
58th	Israel	57.13%	1.7%
59th	Lao PDR	57.08%	-0.3%
60th	Belarus	56.96%	0.8%
61st	Finland	56.86%	-0.9%
62nd	Cyprus	56.69%	1.0%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	56.59%	0.3%
64th	Brazil	56.57%	0.9%
65th	Russian Federation	56.35%	0.3%
66th	Ireland	56.10%	-1.3%
67th	Botswana	55.99%	1.7%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	55.81%	0.1%
69th	Singapore	55.63%	-0.8%
70th	Togo	55.62%	0.0%
71st	United Kingdom	55.60%	0.3%
72nd	Portugal	55.59%	-0.4%
73rd	Uruguay	55.16%	1.3%
74th	Paraguay	55.13%	2.6%
75th	Estonia	54.71%	-0.1%
76th	Guinea	54.50%	-2.2%
77th	Chad	54.43%	-1.2%
78th	Armenia	54.37%	2.7%
79th	Latvia	54.36%	-0.9%
80th	Rwanda	54.09%	0.1%
81st	Colombia	53.92%	7.1%
82nd	Jamaica	53.75%	-3.5%
83rd	Mongolia	53.54%	0.3%
84th	Austria	53.54%	1.3%
85th	Slovenia	53.51%	-0.2%
86th	Guam	53.32%	4.9%
87th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.00%	-2.9%
88th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.78%	0.5%
89th	Germany	52.62%	1.2%
90th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.56%	0.2%
91st	Equatorial Guinea	52.32%	0.2%
92nd	Ukraine	52.11%	-0.6%
93rd	Lithuania	52.02%	3.1%
94th	Myanmar	51.95%	-0.6%
95th	Channel Islands	51.84%	0.2%
96th	Namibia	51.64%	1.0%
97th	Zambia	51.41%	0.1%
98th	Kyrgyz Republic	51.10%	-0.6%
99th	France	51.07%	0.6%
100th	Spain	51.01%	2.2%
101st	Indonesia	50.30%	-0.2%
102nd	Slovak Republic	50.05%	-1.4%
103rd	Ecuador	49.66%	-4.5%
104th	Korea	49.58%	-1.5%
105th	Czechia	49.44%	0.4%
106th	Qatar	49.08%	-0.2%
107th	Luxembourg	49.05%	4.0%
108th	European Union	49.03%	0.2%
109th	Argentina	48.79%	1.5%
110th	Japan	48.44%	0.2%
111th	Cabo Verde	48.40%	1.2%
112th	Bulgaria	48.06%	-1.8%
113th	French Polynesia	47.97%	0.8%
114th	Papua New Guinea	47.92%	-0.3%
115th	Philippines	47.87%	1.7%
116th	Poland	47.81%	1.5%
117th	Panama	47.01%	-3.2%
118th	Belgium	46.98%	0.1%
119th	Kuwait	46.69%	0.9%
120th	Croatia	46.58%	2.0%
121st	South Africa	46.38%	-3.5%
122nd	El Salvador	46.03%	-0.1%
123rd	Eswatini	45.98%	0.4%
124th	Albania	45.96%	1.0%
125th	Hungary	45.85%	-1.7%
126th	Gambia, The	45.38%	0.5%
127th	Costa Rica	44.83%	0.9%
128th	Chile	44.62%	1.0%
129th	Belize	44.49%	1.2%
130th	Malaysia	44.31%	1.0%
131st	Tonga	43.73%	-0.1%
132nd	Nicaragua	43.58%	2.0%
133rd	Turkmenistan	43.16%	-1.0%
134th	Serbia	43.14%	-3.6%
135th	Mexico	43.08%	1.2%
136th	Greece	42.58%	2.5%
137th	Cuba	42.46%	2.9%
138th	Bahrain	42.27%	3.3%
139th	North Macedonia	42.21%	-0.3%
140th	Fiji	42.09%	4.5%
141st	Mauritius	41.91%	1.1%
142nd	United Arab Emirates	41.79%	2.7%
143rd	Guatemala	41.65%	-0.1%
144th	Montenegro	41.62%	-0.5%
145th	Samoa	41.61%	-0.1%
146th	Honduras	40.92%	3.7%
147th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.33%	-0.3%
148th	Suriname	39.84%	1.9%
149th	Gabon	39.73%	0.7%
150th	Dominican Republic	38.95%	-6.9%
151st	Romania	38.90%	-9.3%
152nd	Uzbekistan	38.90%	1.2%
153rd	Guyana	38.68%	1.6%
154th	Italy	37.95%	-1.2%
155th	Maldives	36.29%	-0.6%
156th	Puerto Rico (US)	34.88%	-3.5%
157th	Sri Lanka	34.19%	-0.7%
158th	Bangladesh	34.04%	5.1%
159th	Libya	33.74%	1.1%
160th	Malta	33.58%	1.4%
161st	Senegal	33.55%	0.2%
162nd	Comoros	32.65%	0.0%
163rd	India	29.64%	-4.0%
164th	Tajikistan	29.31%	-7.4%
165th	Mauritania	27.59%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	26.50%	3.5%
167th	Oman	26.08%	1.5%
168th	Morocco	25.91%	-1.4%
169th	Türkiye	25.87%	6.3%
170th	Tunisia	24.77%	-0.2%
171st	Nepal	24.11%	2.1%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.92%	4.7%
173rd	São Tomé and Principe	22.72%	0.0%
174th	Lebanon	22.20%	2.8%
175th	Pakistan	20.98%	5.7%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.57%	0.1%
177th	Djibouti	17.01%	0.7%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.42%	-1.9%
179th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.69%	6.3%
180th	Afghanistan	15.25%	2.0%
181st	Jordan	14.59%	4.7%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	14.58%	-0.8%
183rd	Algeria	14.23%	2.7%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.21%	-3.6%
185th	Iraq	12.13%	-0.7%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	10.75%	-7.0%

FAQ

What was South Sudan's female labor participation in 2009?▾

South Sudan's female labor participation in 2009 was 71.72%. This ranked 16th globally.

How did South Sudan's female labor participation change in 2009?▾

South Sudan's female labor participation increased by 0.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2009?▾

Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2009 at 84.75%.

What is the female labor participation of South Sudan in 2009?▾

The female labor participation of South Sudan in 2009 was 71.72%. This ranked 16th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for South Sudan's female labor participation?▾

South Sudan's female labor participation went from 71.59% in 2008 to 71.72% in 2009, a 0.2% increase.

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